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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Madagascar photographs, EEPA 2000-004, circa 1885-1910
Summary
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2000-004
- Dates:
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circa 1885-1910
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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128 Photographic prints(1 box)black & white13 x 18 cm. or smaller
- Repository:
- Container:
- 1
Photographs of Madagascar in the early French colonial period and Merina Kingdom in Central Madagascar, ca. 1887-1900. Portrait images include Queen Ranavalona III (exiled to Algiers in 1897), her husband, the Prime Minister, and other royals. There are images are of Malagasy women from other parts of the island.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
Administration
Author
Paul Wood
Custodial History note
Purchase, 2000. Conserved through a preservation grant funded by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee, 2006.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Conditions Governing Access note
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
elisofonarchives@si.edu